Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...captain of the soccer team, a record-holder for the women's track team and a leading runner for the men's track team all share something in common. They are all non-recruited athletes...
Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova, world record holder in the women's high jump (6 ft. 10 1/2 in.), was a cinch for a gold medal. By the time the height reached 6 ft. 6 in., just three other women were still in the competition. When the bar went to 6 ft. 7 in., only American Louise Ritter was challenging her. At 6 ft. 8 in., both Kostadinova and Ritter jumped three times and missed, leaving the gold medal to be decided by a jump-off. Kostadinova in the first try knocked down the bar with her trailing heels. Next...
...world, Johnson's disqualification suddenly riveted public attention on the decades-old problem of performance-enhancing drug use with an altogether new intensity. By week's end the total of ten drug-related disqualifications in Seoul was close to the 1984 figure. But many thought: If this world-record holder would risk detection, everyone must be doing it. Spectators felt deceived and non-using athletes felt gypped. Overnight the Olympics became clouded, suspected of being an unholy chemistry competition rather than the glorious alchemy of will, talent and training that is its ideal...
...know...a match was involved. It's physics, I dunno, you tell me...So Frank went out to make his way in the world of entertainment..." And so we meet Frank heading out for his wild years, with his slick mustache, black and red smoking jacket, three-inch cigarrette holder, greased back hair, and sad crazy eyes. Frank works as an usher, peering wistfully through the doors at the stage where Waits performs...
Whether such guidance is benevolent or not, it is useful in collecting a bag of gold that enhances national pride and compensates for the state's political failings. Most athletes are grateful and patriotic. Ulf Timmermann, 25, a member of the ruling Socialist Unity Party and world-record holder in shot put, speaks of "my obligation to achieve high performances in sport as a contribution to strengthening our Republic." More tangible benefits include world travel and a genuine popularity at home...